Steel-wool-removing drum



Feb. 26,1929. 1,703,247.

w. H. ROBBINS I STEEL WOOL REMOVING DRUM Filed June 5, 1925 QINVENTOR WILLIAM H. Roasms,

Hrroxusm Patented Feb. 26, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. ROBBINS, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE WILLIAMS COM- PANY, OF LONDON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

STEEL-WOOL-REMOVING DRUM.

Application filed June 5, 1925. Serial No. 35,154.

My invention relates to steel wool machines, andin particular to a method of removing the steel W001 from the machine manufacturing 1t.

It is my object to provide means of removing steel wool from a machine manufacturing it in such a way that the wool will not be in the road as it is being removed and in such a way that the strands will not be broken but will be maintained in their original conditlon so that they maybe utilized in various ways for which steel wool is adaptable. It is also desirable that the steel wool be lifted out of the way of the operator and not accumulate beneath the machine or in the road of the operator. I

It is a further object to remove the steel wool preferably in such a way that the steel wool strands canbe carefully examined by the operator as they come from the machine to insure the continuous functioning of the machine in the way desired. The functioning of the machine is determined largely by the type of wool strands that are being produced and these can be readily observed by the operator if the strands are lifted from the wire and cutting tool individually where they can be easily observed by the operator.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a steel wool machine with the wool removing means of my invention in position;

Figure 2 is a perspective of the solid roll type of wool removing means;

Figure 3 is a perspective of the bolt or reel type of wool removing means; and

Figure 4 is a perspective of the rod type of drum used as a wool removing means.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 1-1 designates standards for supporting a table 2 of a steel wool machine. On this table are mounted the wire guiding drums 3 which move a wire 4- from a suitable source of supply not shown. It will be understood, of course, that my invention is adaptable to any kind of steel wool machine and I merely illustrate diagrammatically a typical form of steel wool machine in order that the adaptation of my invention may be understood. These drums 3 are mounted on vertical spindles 5 which are suitable controlled and actuated. The wire 4 is passed beneath cutting tools 6 of the usual character which cut strands 6 from the wire 4. These strands are conveyed upwardly over a rotating winding member which may moved away from the machine where they will not interfere with the operator, where they will not become tangled,'and where the V operator may observe the strands as they come from the wire from which the strands are being cut. The shaft 7 as shown in Figure 1 and V Figure 4 carries end, members or plates 9 which are spaced from one another at either end of the shaft 7. These end members carry between them a plurality, of spaced rods 10.

These rods 10 support the strands 6 and move I the strands upwardly and over the winding means either depositing the strands on the other slde ofthe machineor winding the strands on the Winding means to form a cylinder of steel wool strands. This form of winding means has some advantage in that it permits of the inspection of the steel wool strands at about the level of the eyes of the operator directly as the strands come fromthe machine and on the side of the machine where the tools are located because the quality of thepwool strands is determined by the adjustment of the machine and in particular the adjustment of the tools. Any desired change in the quality of the wool can thus be effected promptly before any undesired wool has been manufactured. The drum or winding means is rotated by a pulley 11 mounted on the shaft 7 which is actuated by a suitable belt 12 from any desired source of power. Such details are immaterial as there will be intimate variation due to the details of application of my invention to varying types of steel wool machines.

The open type of drum has the advantage of permitting the strands to cool, thus reducing the hazard from fire which always attends steel wool manufacture.

In the event it is desired to wind the wool strands to form a cylinder of wool it is sometimes advantageous to use a solid roll 13 as shown in Figure 2 which readily conveys away the'heat and which will form a smooth regular surface for the winding of the wool material quantity of improper or to form a cylinder of the wool. The wool may then be slipped off the roll 13 in cylindrical form.

If it is desired to form the wool in a blanket it is sometimes desirable to wind it upon a reel 1.4. This reel 14: will form a pair of spaced blankets with their ends connected, which is a matter of convenience in manufacturing various articles from steel wool or a matter of convenience in packing the wool as the blanket may be moved off the end of the reel.

It will be understood that I desire to comprehend within my invention such modifications as may be necessary to adapt it to varying conditions and uses.

Having thus fully described my invention, what- I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. in a steel wool machine, cutters for said steel wool machine, said cutters in line to act in succession on the wire passing thereunder, means for feeding a wire to said cutters whereby a plurality of strands of steel Wool are out simultaneously by said cutters from said wire, means for removing the steel wool strands from the cutters consisting of a winding and wool strand collecting member located above the machine, said means being adapted to be actuated in such a way as to remove the wool strands in spaced apart relation continuously from the machine as it is manufactured, said means being adapted to wind the wool. thereon if desired.

2. In a steel wool machine, cutters for said steel wool machine, said cutters in line to act in succession on the wire passing thereunder,"

means for feeding a wire to said cutters whereby a plurality of strands of steel wool are out simultaneously by said cutters from said wire, means for removing t-he'steel wool from the cutters consisting of a rotating roll adjacent thereto adapted to frictionally engage with the steel wool strands in spaced apart relation and convey them away from the machine.

3. In steel wool machine, cutters for said steel wool machine, said cutters in line to act in succession on the wire passing thereunder, means for removing steel wool strands from the cutters consisting of a reel composed in part of spaced rods adapted to wind the steel; wool strands thereon, strands from individual cutters being spaced apart on said reel,

and means for actuating said reel so that it W1ll rotate to wind said strands thereon as they are removed from the cutters.

, l. In a steel wool machine, a support bed,

for steel wool cutting mechanism, a plurality of steel wool cutters mounted thereon, means to pass a. wire to be cut thereby, said means being mounted on said bed, means to support above and parallel to said bed and said wire a revolving means adapted to lift strands of wool cut from said wire individually, and means for actuating said rotating means.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature.

WILLIAM H. ROBBINS. 

